MUMBAI: Pogo is all set to make the month of August super entertaining for its young viewers! It is Mighty Raju’s birthday on 15th August and Pogo has planned a surprise gift with the premiere of Mighty Raju’s new movie – Hello Leo.The movie will take the kids through the journey of the popular artist Leon, who with his time machine accidentally lands into the current century amongst Mighty Raju and his friends. Come be a part of this exciting journey as Mighty Raju tries every way possible to send Leon back on 15th August at 12 noon.
The fun does not end here as Pogo has brought back the much loved season 2 of Dholak Chachu, from Mon-Fri at 1 pm with more exciting and delightful stories of Chhota Bheem. Fun awaits little fans of Chamki ki Duniya as Pogo continues to bring injoy and smiles with fun-filled episodes from Mon-Fri at 8am.
Also, be a part of Chhota Bheem’s journey with his best friends who embark on new adventures, every Sunday at9.30 am. Pogo is also treating its little fans with exciting and power packed Mighty Raju episodes every Sunday at10 am. So raise your hands and shout with joy as Pogo brings in Mighty Raju’s birthday this August, with crazy fanfare!
MUMBAI: Pogo is all set to make the month of August super entertaining for its young viewers! It is Mighty Raju’s birthday on 15th August and Pogo has planned a surprise gift with the premiere of Mighty Raju’s new movie – Hello Leo.The movie will take the kids through the journey of the popular artist Leon, who with his time machine accidentally lands into the current century amongst Mighty Raju and his friends. Come be a part of this exciting journey as Mighty Raju tries every way possible to send Leon back on 15th August at 12 noon.
The fun does not end here as Pogo has brought back the much loved season 2 of Dholak Chachu, from Mon-Fri at 1 pm with more exciting and delightful stories of Chhota Bheem. Fun awaits little fans of Chamki ki Duniya as Pogo continues to bring injoy and smiles with fun-filled episodes from Mon-Fri at 8am.
Also, be a part of Chhota Bheem’s journey with his best friends who embark on new adventures, every Sunday at9.30 am. Pogo is also treating its little fans with exciting and power packed Mighty Raju episodes every Sunday at10 am. So raise your hands and shout with joy as Pogo brings in Mighty Raju’s birthday this August, with crazy fanfare!
BENGALURU: The Walt Disney Company (Disney) announced that it has acquired a thirty three percent stake in Direct-To-Consumer video streaming company BAMTech for $1 billion to be paid in two tranches. One instalment will be paid immediately and one will be paid in January 2017, with Disney having the option of acquiring a majority stake in the company. BAMTech was previously formed by Major League Baseball (MLB). As part of the transaction, BAMTech was separated from MLB’s broader digital business, MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM).
“Our investment in BAMTech gives us the technology infrastructure we need to quickly scale and monetize our streaming capabilities at ESPN and across our company,” said Disney chairman and CEO Robert A. Iger.
Commissioner of Baseball Robert D Manfred, Jr. said, “Every day the powerful partnership of technology and content becomes more important to consumers. We are excited to get to work with Disney and our longtime partners at ESPN in the important and ever-changing area of content distribution.”
“Bringing a multi-sport service directly to fans is an exciting opportunity that capitalizes on BAMTech’s premier digital distribution platform and continues ESPN’s heritage of embracing technology to create new ways to connect fans with sports,” said ESPN Disney Media Networks president and co-chair John Skipper. “As WatchESPN continues to grow and add value to the multichannel video subscription, this new service will be an outstanding complement.”
Disney’s investment in BAMTech will provide the latter capital to accelerate growth of its proprietary video-delivery platform, deliver greater flexibility to clients and develop new technologies and capabilities says a Disney release. BAMTech will become a key partner for Disney in the delivery and support of streaming video and other digital products from Disney|ABC Television Group and ESPN, as well as its future digital initiatives.
BAMTech will also collaborate with ESPN to launch and distribute a new ESPN-branded multi-sport subscription streaming service in the future. The direct-to-consumer service will feature content provided by both BAMTech and ESPN, and include live regional, national and international sporting events. Current content on ESPN’s linear networks will not appear on the new subscription streaming service.
BAMTech is a player in direct-to-consumer streaming services, data analytics and commerce management with nearly 7.5 million total paid subscribers to its clients’ OTT products BAMTech’s roster of sports, news and entertainment clients includes HBO NOW, the National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, the PGA TOUR, WWE Network and Ice Network (a digital platform for professional figure skating).
Following Disney’s acquisition of a stake in BAMTech, the National Hockey League received a minority interest in BAMTech, as the result of a previous agreement, says the Disney release.
BENGALURU: The Walt Disney Company (Disney) announced that it has acquired a thirty three percent stake in Direct-To-Consumer video streaming company BAMTech for $1 billion to be paid in two tranches. One instalment will be paid immediately and one will be paid in January 2017, with Disney having the option of acquiring a majority stake in the company. BAMTech was previously formed by Major League Baseball (MLB). As part of the transaction, BAMTech was separated from MLB’s broader digital business, MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM).
“Our investment in BAMTech gives us the technology infrastructure we need to quickly scale and monetize our streaming capabilities at ESPN and across our company,” said Disney chairman and CEO Robert A. Iger.
Commissioner of Baseball Robert D Manfred, Jr. said, “Every day the powerful partnership of technology and content becomes more important to consumers. We are excited to get to work with Disney and our longtime partners at ESPN in the important and ever-changing area of content distribution.”
“Bringing a multi-sport service directly to fans is an exciting opportunity that capitalizes on BAMTech’s premier digital distribution platform and continues ESPN’s heritage of embracing technology to create new ways to connect fans with sports,” said ESPN Disney Media Networks president and co-chair John Skipper. “As WatchESPN continues to grow and add value to the multichannel video subscription, this new service will be an outstanding complement.”
Disney’s investment in BAMTech will provide the latter capital to accelerate growth of its proprietary video-delivery platform, deliver greater flexibility to clients and develop new technologies and capabilities says a Disney release. BAMTech will become a key partner for Disney in the delivery and support of streaming video and other digital products from Disney|ABC Television Group and ESPN, as well as its future digital initiatives.
BAMTech will also collaborate with ESPN to launch and distribute a new ESPN-branded multi-sport subscription streaming service in the future. The direct-to-consumer service will feature content provided by both BAMTech and ESPN, and include live regional, national and international sporting events. Current content on ESPN’s linear networks will not appear on the new subscription streaming service.
BAMTech is a player in direct-to-consumer streaming services, data analytics and commerce management with nearly 7.5 million total paid subscribers to its clients’ OTT products BAMTech’s roster of sports, news and entertainment clients includes HBO NOW, the National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, the PGA TOUR, WWE Network and Ice Network (a digital platform for professional figure skating).
Following Disney’s acquisition of a stake in BAMTech, the National Hockey League received a minority interest in BAMTech, as the result of a previous agreement, says the Disney release.
MUMBAI: Cartoon Network announces a special programming schedule for the month of August to ensure that kids are going to enjoy each and every special moment during this festive month. Children will be enthralled with a plethora of exclusive episodes and news shows that have been created for these festivities.
Celebrate the special bond of friendship with Kris
India’s favourite kids channel introduces amazing stunts curated keeping the ecstatic occasion of Friendships Day with ‘Hum Hai Best Friends’ airing on August 7, 2016, 11:00 a.m. onwards. The show will talk about Kris and his strong friendship with his best friends which will keep its young viewers amused.
Love your nation with Kris
Saluting the patriotism with Independence day, Cartoon Network showcases a special stunt–‘Roll No. 21 Happy Independence Day’ airing on August 15, 2016, 9:00 a.m. onwards. This Independence Day series will witness Kris and his friends fighting the evil Kanishk and saving their city with true devotion.
Strengthen the sibling bond with ‘Chal Mere Bhai’
Celebrate Raksha Bandhan, the special day of love and responsibility between brothers and sisters with an exceptional series called ‘Chal Mere Bhai’. This series will showcase a sister’s affection for her brother.
Spread happiness with Kris this Janmashtami
Cartoon Network adores Lord Krishna and to celebrate his birthday this Janmashtami, the channel has chalked out an entertaining series for its audience on August 18, 2016 at 9:00 a.m.
MUMBAI: Cartoon Network announces a special programming schedule for the month of August to ensure that kids are going to enjoy each and every special moment during this festive month. Children will be enthralled with a plethora of exclusive episodes and news shows that have been created for these festivities.
Celebrate the special bond of friendship with Kris
India’s favourite kids channel introduces amazing stunts curated keeping the ecstatic occasion of Friendships Day with ‘Hum Hai Best Friends’ airing on August 7, 2016, 11:00 a.m. onwards. The show will talk about Kris and his strong friendship with his best friends which will keep its young viewers amused.
Love your nation with Kris
Saluting the patriotism with Independence day, Cartoon Network showcases a special stunt–‘Roll No. 21 Happy Independence Day’ airing on August 15, 2016, 9:00 a.m. onwards. This Independence Day series will witness Kris and his friends fighting the evil Kanishk and saving their city with true devotion.
Strengthen the sibling bond with ‘Chal Mere Bhai’
Celebrate Raksha Bandhan, the special day of love and responsibility between brothers and sisters with an exceptional series called ‘Chal Mere Bhai’. This series will showcase a sister’s affection for her brother.
Spread happiness with Kris this Janmashtami
Cartoon Network adores Lord Krishna and to celebrate his birthday this Janmashtami, the channel has chalked out an entertaining series for its audience on August 18, 2016 at 9:00 a.m.
Mumbai: Cartoon Network’s most awaited annual engagement, ‘School Contact Program’, is back to delight its young audience. Funventure, the theme for this year’s School Contact Program, will be introducing cool toons – Grizzly, Panda and Ice Bear from We Bare Bears and the superhero of Cartoon Network, Ben 10. The programme will include galore of fun games and interactions to engage with its young audience.
Cartoon Network and Pogo’s School Contact Programme will reach out to 1 million kids in 550 schools, for each of the its channels, Pogo and Cartoon Network, across 13 cities. Some of the key cities that the School Contact Program will cover starting August first week are, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Kanpur, Kolkata and Pune. The six-week long engagement with kids will conclude mid-September.
Funventure will be a blend of fun filled competitions and activities for kids to enlighten them about the various current affair issues. Cartoon Network characters, Ben 10 and We Bare Bears will focus on building team spirit amongst children and underscore the importance of togetherness.
That’s not all! For kids across the country, Cartoon Network will be conducting an exciting on-air contest based on “Funventure”. Children need to tune into Cartoon Network, from Monday to Friday at 5 pm and answer simple questions via SMS, to participate in the contest. The winners stand a chance to win uber cool merchandise like Bicycles, football kits from Ben 10.
Mumbai: Cartoon Network’s most awaited annual engagement, ‘School Contact Program’, is back to delight its young audience. Funventure, the theme for this year’s School Contact Program, will be introducing cool toons – Grizzly, Panda and Ice Bear from We Bare Bears and the superhero of Cartoon Network, Ben 10. The programme will include galore of fun games and interactions to engage with its young audience.
Cartoon Network and Pogo’s School Contact Programme will reach out to 1 million kids in 550 schools, for each of the its channels, Pogo and Cartoon Network, across 13 cities. Some of the key cities that the School Contact Program will cover starting August first week are, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Kanpur, Kolkata and Pune. The six-week long engagement with kids will conclude mid-September.
Funventure will be a blend of fun filled competitions and activities for kids to enlighten them about the various current affair issues. Cartoon Network characters, Ben 10 and We Bare Bears will focus on building team spirit amongst children and underscore the importance of togetherness.
That’s not all! For kids across the country, Cartoon Network will be conducting an exciting on-air contest based on “Funventure”. Children need to tune into Cartoon Network, from Monday to Friday at 5 pm and answer simple questions via SMS, to participate in the contest. The winners stand a chance to win uber cool merchandise like Bicycles, football kits from Ben 10.
MUMBAI: This girl is confident. She is adorable. She is a chatter-box and speaks a dime-a-dozen. Even her mother takes a back seat when she opens her mouth.
Meet the home-grown Daria – the youngest host of a food show in India. All of three years – yes, you heard it right, she is only three years old – she is slated to hit YouTube on 20 July with her own show Time Out with Daria on multichannel network (MCN) Qyuki and producer-director Seher Bedi’s joint online initiative Starrin. Starrin is focused on creating content for children and youth between six and 18 years.
Time Out with Daria features the toddler or should we say young girl – she is actually Pooja Bedi’s niece – experimenting and rustling up breakfast and tea time meals based on grandma’s recipes along with her mother Tina.
It is the first series created and directed by Bedi, who has a decade of experience on television, mainly with MTV, first as a supervising producer between 1995-2001, then as head of creative and content in her second innings between 2010 and 2015. In between she dabbled in partnering an online portal streaming webisodes and targeted at the youth, even as she bootstrapped her production company Magicworks Inc Entertainment.
“The show is a celebration of the mother-daughter bond, sprinkled with chocolate mousse and mango smoothies and everything else in between the yummy spectrum. It is catering to a wide array of audience six years and over,” says Bedi excitedly.
The trailers of Time Out with Daria show the bubbly Daria gurgling, giggling away, and cutely talking to her mum about food and other things. The production values appear to be very international, as well as the treatment.
But Seher insists that she and her team have worked on keeping Time Out with Daria as real as possible over its five to seven minutes duration.
“This is not a perfect cookery show where everything is delicious. Daria’s likes and dislikes both are equally shown in the series,” she points out. “We could not direct a child, it was completely dependent on her mood. Some days she didn’t want to shoot and it took us three days to finish one episode but, we made sure, it was kept natural.”
Bedi says she chose Daria because she was at ease with herself and her surroundings during shoots. “She is very social. Daria wanted to take over the whole shoot and take up everything her mom was doing,” she points out.
The series was shot In Bangalore at Daria’s grandmother’s place. Each episode cost about Rs 1-3 lakh, as the team had to give Daria enough room to perform. This cost has been shared equally between Bedi and Qyuki.
“Kids, food and DIY are the most popular pieces of content online,” says Qyuki Network head Sagar Gokhale. “This will definitely add to what we offer to our audiences. The internet is starved of good wholesome entertainment that kids and parents can enjoy together and not only be entertained but also informed. We hope Time Out With Daria provides a great bonding source for parents and children the world over”
For food lovers, each episode will also have a beautifully designed photo postcard of the recipe that can be saved on one’s phone to try out later.
While no brands or brands have been brought on board for in-programme branding, the 24-episode series will be given a leg up by Qyuki when the first five episodes go live on 20 July. “We will filter and target the audience, push content on social media, and through Google ads,” points out Sagar. He is confident of the food show building audiences, “because it is genuinely good content.”
MUMBAI: This girl is confident. She is adorable. She is a chatter-box and speaks a dime-a-dozen. Even her mother takes a back seat when she opens her mouth.
Meet the home-grown Daria – the youngest host of a food show in India. All of three years – yes, you heard it right, she is only three years old – she is slated to hit YouTube on 20 July with her own show Time Out with Daria on multichannel network (MCN) Qyuki and producer-director Seher Bedi’s joint online initiative Starrin. Starrin is focused on creating content for children and youth between six and 18 years.
Time Out with Daria features the toddler or should we say young girl – she is actually Pooja Bedi’s niece – experimenting and rustling up breakfast and tea time meals based on grandma’s recipes along with her mother Tina.
It is the first series created and directed by Bedi, who has a decade of experience on television, mainly with MTV, first as a supervising producer between 1995-2001, then as head of creative and content in her second innings between 2010 and 2015. In between she dabbled in partnering an online portal streaming webisodes and targeted at the youth, even as she bootstrapped her production company Magicworks Inc Entertainment.
“The show is a celebration of the mother-daughter bond, sprinkled with chocolate mousse and mango smoothies and everything else in between the yummy spectrum. It is catering to a wide array of audience six years and over,” says Bedi excitedly.
The trailers of Time Out with Daria show the bubbly Daria gurgling, giggling away, and cutely talking to her mum about food and other things. The production values appear to be very international, as well as the treatment.
But Seher insists that she and her team have worked on keeping Time Out with Daria as real as possible over its five to seven minutes duration.
“This is not a perfect cookery show where everything is delicious. Daria’s likes and dislikes both are equally shown in the series,” she points out. “We could not direct a child, it was completely dependent on her mood. Some days she didn’t want to shoot and it took us three days to finish one episode but, we made sure, it was kept natural.”
Bedi says she chose Daria because she was at ease with herself and her surroundings during shoots. “She is very social. Daria wanted to take over the whole shoot and take up everything her mom was doing,” she points out.
The series was shot In Bangalore at Daria’s grandmother’s place. Each episode cost about Rs 1-3 lakh, as the team had to give Daria enough room to perform. This cost has been shared equally between Bedi and Qyuki.
“Kids, food and DIY are the most popular pieces of content online,” says Qyuki Network head Sagar Gokhale. “This will definitely add to what we offer to our audiences. The internet is starved of good wholesome entertainment that kids and parents can enjoy together and not only be entertained but also informed. We hope Time Out With Daria provides a great bonding source for parents and children the world over”
For food lovers, each episode will also have a beautifully designed photo postcard of the recipe that can be saved on one’s phone to try out later.
While no brands or brands have been brought on board for in-programme branding, the 24-episode series will be given a leg up by Qyuki when the first five episodes go live on 20 July. “We will filter and target the audience, push content on social media, and through Google ads,” points out Sagar. He is confident of the food show building audiences, “because it is genuinely good content.”
